In the early 1960s, a remarkable thing happened on the stamp counters of West and […]
Category: Colonialism
Colonialism, often synonymous with imperialism, was a fact of life around the “third world” in both early years and modern times. The word carries a negative connotation, and should in most cases. The category include “decolonization,” which generally will also be found in the “independence” category.
Secours National: Charity Stamps in a Divided France
Collectors who leaf through the French pages of a stamp album from the Second World […]
Navigation and Commerce: One Design for an Empire
A Stamp Problem with a Money Problem For most of the 19th century, France supplied […]
Dahomey et Dépendances: A Colony’s Full Name on a Stamp
From “Bénin” to Dahomey For most of the 1890s, mail from France’s holdings on the […]